HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans have expressed disappointment in the government’s latest economic stabilisation measures that were announced on Monday, adding that they feared that things could take a turn for the worse in the country. In a bid to mitigate rising prices and the acute shortages of foreign currency in the country, authorities announced a…
HARARE – Pro-democracy activists Patson Dzamara and Makomborero Haruzivishe had their main conviction for “trumped-up” robbery charges quashed yesterday after challenging their sentence. Dzamara and his alleged accomplice Haruzivishe were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by Harare magistrate Josephine Sande in 2017 before three months were suspended on condition of good behaviour. The remaining nine…
HARARE – Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has raised its reservations on the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s Anti-Corruption Unit saying there was need for a multi-sectoral approach to corruption as compared to a single unit approach. In May, Police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga launched the new special unit which he said was meant to investigate and detect…
BULAWAYO – South Africa Africa-based Bulelani Lobengula is the new Ndebele King after he was secretly coronated at Mhlahlandlela on the outskirts of the second largest city. Mhlanhlandlela — located 22 kilometres south of Bulawayo — is the cultural hub where annual commemorations for King Mzilikazi are made by local culturalists. Bulelani’s coronation comes after…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has for the first time opened up on the debate surrounding asset declaration by councillors. Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) last month petitioned the City Fathers calling for councillors to declare assets before they get down to serous council business. The residents cited rampant corruption, embezzlement of council funds,…
HARARE – Opposition MDC legislators yesterday refused to debate the motion on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona), which sets out the government’s legislative programme for the next five years, saying he was an illegitimate head of State. At State opening of Parliament two weeks ago, Mnangagwa delivered the speech outlining the…
HARARE – Teachers have reacted with indignation and concern over Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima’s move to turn down their request to earn extra income for invigilating competitive State exams. This comes after the Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) and Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) wrote to the minister just before the beginning of grade…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) can disconnect water supply to premises to recover debt, the Supreme Court has ruled. That water supply is an essential service cannot be used as a pretext to prevent disconnection of supply lines if a consumer defaults on his payment, said a landmark September 20 ruling by Justices…
HARARE – Several senior police officers have been forced out of their jobs after reaching the compulsory age of retirement, the Daily News can report. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is retiring all senior officials who are above the age of 50 as the service continues its restructuring exercise in line with reinventing its operations….
HARARE – The High Court has ordered illegal occupiers of a white farmer’s land in Goromonzi to vacate the land immediately saying the commercial farmer was unfairly evicted. The ruling comes after Hector Dalton Ludick (senior), Hector Dalton Ludick (junior) and Jennifer Patricia Ludick filed a High Court application seeking to retain ownership of their…
